I want to download the 7 piece Tablebases but am confused. I have the Houdini 3 Fritz chess programme installed on my computer but gather this is not the Houdini 3 Aquarium. Does this mean that I will have to buy a chess programme with an Aquarium interface to download the Tablebases?
Allan
7 piece tablebases
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
You will not be able to download the 7-men Lomonosov TBs, as they take up a huge amount of disk space. The latest Aquarium GUI is able to access them online, however.rabbits wrote:I want to download the 7 piece Tablebases but am confused. I have the Houdini 3 Fritz chess programme installed on my computer but gather this is not the Houdini 3 Aquarium. Does this mean that I will have to buy a chess programme with an Aquarium interface to download the Tablebases?
Allan
The Fritz interface does not have access to them at the moment.
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CL
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
Even more importantly, they are not available for download. So buying a 140 TB disk is of no helpcarldaman wrote:You will not be able to download the 7-men Lomonosov TBs, as they take up a huge amount of disk space.
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
Are the stat files (dtm) atleast available and if so where?
Thx,
Les
Thx,
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
Thanks Allan
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
Carl On its Web page Chess OK states:
"Until December 31, 2013, the tablebases will be available online and for free to all owners of ChessOK Aquarium 2012, Houdini 3 Aquarium, Houdini 3 PRO Aquarium and Chess Assistant 13, Professional Package.
To access the tablebases, follow the instructions."
" How to use Lomonosov Tablebases in Aquarium 2012 "
"First of all, if you haven’t done it yet, download and install Aquarium 2012 Update 2 on your Aquarium interface to get access to the 7-piece endings.
Lomonosov Tablebases are available via your Aquarium 2012 interface, which also serves as the base of the Houdini 3 Aquarium and Houdini 3 Pro Aquarium products. Owners of Chess Assistant 13, Professional Package also receive Aquarium 2012 as a part of the package bonus. "
So if I do all that I should have access to the tablebases shouldn't I?
Still I am a bit wary after what you and Ronald de Man have said.
Allan
"Until December 31, 2013, the tablebases will be available online and for free to all owners of ChessOK Aquarium 2012, Houdini 3 Aquarium, Houdini 3 PRO Aquarium and Chess Assistant 13, Professional Package.
To access the tablebases, follow the instructions."
" How to use Lomonosov Tablebases in Aquarium 2012 "
"First of all, if you haven’t done it yet, download and install Aquarium 2012 Update 2 on your Aquarium interface to get access to the 7-piece endings.
Lomonosov Tablebases are available via your Aquarium 2012 interface, which also serves as the base of the Houdini 3 Aquarium and Houdini 3 Pro Aquarium products. Owners of Chess Assistant 13, Professional Package also receive Aquarium 2012 as a part of the package bonus. "
So if I do all that I should have access to the tablebases shouldn't I?
Still I am a bit wary after what you and Ronald de Man have said.
Allan
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
The cheapest option is probably to purchase ChessOK Aquarium 2012. You already have Houdini so I think the ChessBase version of Houdini can even be installed in Aquarium. If that's important I would ask on the Aquarium forum (part of Rybkaforum.net) to make sure. After the end of the year you may have to pay or upgrade Aquarium to still have access to the Lomonosov tablebases. If it is not clear what to do, Albert Silver works for Chessbase and also knows the people who have developed this so maybe he knows more.
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Re: 7 piece tablebases
Thanks Eelco. I'll give this some thought.
Allan
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